The Origins and Ethics of Eugenic Ideology in the Twenty-First Century

Has Eugenics resurfaced in America? What impact does the genomic industry have on this resurgence? An archival analysis of the American Eugenics movement yields concern over eugenical undercurrents circulating in America. This thesis classifies eugenics in its various forms, defines its ideological attributes and anticipates its effects on political policy

Northfield

Northfield is a novella completed by Eliza Schnauck to fulfill the fiction writing coda requirement of a B.A. in English at Skidmore College in the spring of 2025

Marie Lakshmi

This American coming-of-age novella follows a half-Indian girl through childhood as she grapples with the pains of growing up in a predominantly white city, all the while using painting as a means of understanding and illustrating exile. Marie Lakshmi examines the detrimental effects of loneliness and abandonment of culture on the individual. It takes place in the 1970s in Schenectady, NY and the 60s in Calcutta, India

Through My Eyes: Poetry Portfolio

A series of poems figuring out how to look and where to be looking

THE HOUR OF YOUR DOOM IS SET: Viking Death and Burial Across Scandinavia and the Viking Diaspora

This thesis looks into the impact that immigration and assimilation of Scandinavian peoples into the Viking diaspora had on both local and Scandinavian funerary practices. With emphasis on the contrast between Vikings in Scandinavia and Vikings in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Kiev, the goal of this paper is to understand the ways in which cultures interact with each other in regards to even the most personal of traditions. Despite common misconceptions regarding Vikings and the notion that they were part of a fixed, unchanging culture, the culmination of this research sees the conclusion that Vikings were just as influenced by wider European society as vice versa

The Spring of Endings

The Spring of Endings is a poetry collection by Allie Serapilio to fulfill the poetry writing coda requirement of a Bachelor of Arts in English from Skidmore College

How Does a Player\u27s Involvement in their National Team Given their Ethnicity affect their Market Valuation in the Top-Five Leagues?

ABSTRACT This paper investigates player involvement in national team and how it effects their market valuation as it relates to ethnicity. Previous research has evaluated other factors that affect player market valuation such as age and position. However, this paper seeks to see if there are discriminatory effects on player market pricing based on a player’s ethnic origins. The three ethnic regions of focus for this paper are South America, African, and Europe. The focus of this paper is to determine whether European players are favored in relation to the other two regions of the world. Regression models consider player age, position, national team representation, and ethnic origins. Findings suggest that there is no evidence for discrimination against African players in the transfer market in relation to European payers. Further, while South American players are generally more favored based on their style of play, when they decide to represent European national teams, there is evidence that they are discriminated against

The Relationship Between Ownership and English Premier League Players’ Salaries

This paper looks into the relationship between professional soccer player wages and ownership characteristics. Previous research has shown that foreign owners invest more in their clubs but has not connected it to individual players’ wages. Previous player compensation models exist but have not incorporated advanced analytics or tied in the concept of MRP. Regression models have been calculated for club output, club revenue, and expected player wage. The expected player wage was then compared to MRP. These were then regressed with ownership characteristics. This paper has found that there is a statistically significant relationship between two ownership characteristics and player wages. In the future, player compensation models should tie in financial aspects to their models

Other Bodies and Their Other Worlds: Reimagining the Victorian Femme Fatale

This paper explores Victorian and contemporary challenges to the Victorian femme fatale by comparing Yorgos Lanthimos\u27 2023 film Poor Things with Emily Brontë\u27s Wuthering Heights and Vernon Lee\u27s Oke of Okehurst. It examines how each work constructs and deconstructs the figure of the femme fatale by placing their female protagonists in otherworldly settings that break the boundaries of conventional Victorian norms. Lanthimos\u27 film presents Bella Baxter as a liberated Other in a whimsical, fantastical world, contrasting with the tragic fates of Catherine Earnshaw and Alice Oke, who are grounded in realism despite their otherworldly settings. The paper\u27s analysis highlights the role of the otherworldly in achieving liberation and critiques the sanctioning and regulation of othered bodies. It uses Michel Foucault\u27s and Steven Marcus’s theories on Victorian sexuality as well as interpretations of medical discourse to contextualize Victorian societal constraints. The paper concludes by suggesting that the imaginative and liberated world of Poor Things challenges and expands upon the rigid archetypes established in 19th-century literature in a similar way as Brontë and Lee, yet does so through a lens of fantasy and comedy. While offering a critique of the film’s tone, the paper suggests that its disruption of the femme fatale trope is a continued move towards the liberation of the Other

The Impact of Abortion Shield Laws on Abortion Access in the United States

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) ruled that abortion access is no longer constitutionally protected resulting in each state deciding who has access to an abortion. This thesis examines if laws that restrict abortion access are effective because one can travel from a state that bans abortion to a state that allows abortion to obtain an abortion procedure. Specifically, this paper investigates the relationship between the increase in travel cost to an abortion clinic located in state with enhanced legal protections—known as abortion shield laws—and U.S. Census variables. Using Gary Becker’s legal analysis model, an abortion seeker will always travel to a state with shield law protections since the probability of prosecution is 0%. This accounts for an abortion seekers’ willingness to pay the increased cost, but this does not consider an abortion seekers’ ability to pay. This thesis uses geographic information systems (GIS) to study the relationship between an increase in travel cost and access to a resource (e.g., ability to pay). This paper concludes laws that restrict abortion access are effective because they create excessive, undue barriers for women who are already economically disenfranchised due to a lack of insurance, education, income, and transportation